Evans said: “We got three penalties and there was not one that anyone in the ground will dispute.

“Everyone in the ground apart from the Newport boys would dispute the equaliser (Padraig Amond scored from the penalty spot to make it 2-2) at the end there because it was never a penalty. It was given for a tug by Mikael Ndjoli and there is no tug.

“I have looked at it on the video, slowed it down, there was no tug. That is Mr Kettle (the referee) for you. The boy who he was meant to have touched said he didn’t get touched, he slipped.

“The referee has given them an equaliser and penalty shoot-outs are always what they are, but we lost the cup tie because of our inability to take chances. We made a lot of chances, and probably between the front boys we could have had six or seven.

“We are disappointed, of course we are disappointed to have gone out, but we build on it and wish Newport every success in the next round.”